Support in Washington, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota
Today the Obama campaign issued a statement about the president’s support for the ballot campaigns to win same-sex marriage in Maine, Maryland, and Washington. The campaign has already spoken out...
View ArticleLoud and clear
“My opinion isn’t influenced by those of the people around me”, said no one ever. Yes, I know it’s a fashionable meme to decry the political posts and claim that we are all unique adorable independent...
View ArticleNot fully baked
OK, let’s see if we can unpack this logic: in a conversation about the Voter ID amendment, I noted that I am not 100% against requiring an ID to vote, WITH THE HUGE CAVEAT that the priority has to be...
View ArticleIn spite of and because of
I’m not voting for Obama “in spite of” my disappointment that he hasn’t done everything he promised in 2008: I’m voting for him because he’s worked on almost all of those promises and delivered more...
View ArticleLove and deceit
Since MN Archbishop Nienstedt seems to not have an issue supporting lies, Catholics in MN should feel no guilt at lying back to him when he asks if they voted “Yes”. Money that could have been used to...
View ArticleEvolution
Remember, friends: no matter how the Marriage Amendment vote goes tomorrow, the opponents of same-sex marriage have already lost. We see it in the slow dismantling of the DOMA. We see it in the death...
View ArticleBecause SCIENCE!
My 4th favorite moment of election night, after the call of the election for Obama and against the two amendments, was Fox News calling Ohio. Not because it was pretty much the moment Obama was...
View ArticleUnaffiliated. And proud.
For religious conservatives, election was a “disaster” Fastest-growing segment of the religious voting category? “Unaffiliated”. That includes atheists, agnostics, and (to be fair) religious people who...
View ArticleI guess some citizens are more united than others
Sheldon Adelson supported eight candidates for election, through SuperPACs on which he spent the largest amount of money any single donor has ever donated in political history. Millions and millions of...
View ArticleOccupy’s Rolling Jubilee
Hmmm. I… hmmmm. This is brilliant, considering the goals of Occupy: use donations to buy customer debt for cents on the dollar, then just… forgive the debt. Then get the people whose debt is forgiven...
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THEY SAID IF I GOT HERE BEFORE THE DOORS CLOSED THEY WERE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO LET ME VOTE BUT I’VE BEEN STANDING IN FRONT OF THIS BLOCKBUSTER STORE FOR A WEEK.
View ArticleA moar perfect union… FIRST!!!1!
English: A Toyota in San Antonio, Texas, with a rear bumper sticker that reads “Secede”, which refers to Governor Rick Perry’s speech during which he mentioned “the right of Texas to secede from the...
View ArticleGive to the Max!
Since it’s a Give to the Max kinda day, let me remind you about the the little radio show we do on Sunday mornings, which you can listen to live or as a podcast here. Last Sunday’s show is up! It...
View ArticleGallup poll: “religion” major factor in opposition to same-sex marriage
“Religion” is the reason most people cite for their opposition to same-sex marriage. Big surprise: that was the most common reason we heard when talking to people on the phone banks with MN United. But...
View ArticleWritten on Jan 13, 2013, but posted today to ward off bad luck and the evil eye
It’s always interesting to note that one group’s deeply held religious beliefs are always so easily dismissed as ludicrous by those who hold different, equally implausible beliefs. I’ll see your virgin...
View ArticleUnplanned and unintended consequences of proof-reading your briefs
Paul D. Clement, the lawyer before the Supreme Court who is defending the DOMA, made a very interesting argument as to why same-sex marriage should not have the same protections and rights as...
View ArticleMany miles to go before it gets better
Getting through the security line today at LAX, one of the TSA agents asked me a couple of casual questions about the book I was carrying (“America’s Unwritten Constitution”). He seemed genuinely...
View ArticleExitio Papa
I can’t wait for the ceremony where they retire his number: a giant Pontiff hat, emblazoned with “XVI”, being lifted up into the rafters at the Vatican Staples Center. What strikes me as amusing about...
View ArticleWhich version of Christianity, exactly?
The irony about having discussions about Christian theological issues is that, in order to have the discussion, you first have to figure out what the person actually believes. You have to actually...
View ArticlePersecution vs. Persecution Complex
An interesting perspective, and the book “The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom“ by Prof. Candida Moss is going on my “to be read” pile, along with a couple of...
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